Shipping-package.



J. F. SIMPSON. SHIPPING PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1913.

1,1 16,746. Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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UNITED srnrns JOSEPH FoUREs'rIEn sIMrson; or" VINELAND; EW gg g snirriive-racxaeni Be it known *that I, Josnrnv Fonnns'rrnn SIMPSON, a citizen of the United-Stateaand a residentof Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey have invented certain new and useful lmprov'ements in Shipping-Packages,ofwhich the following is a specification. f

My invention relates to improvements in packages and more particularly .to improvements in packages for shipping eggs, fruit and similar articles that are of a fragile nature and liable ,to' be broken or bruised in ordinary shipping packages, and the object of my invention is to furnish a package for this purpose which will be inexpensive and efficient and all the'parts of which may be separatedand laid out flat for the purpose of taking up a minimum space for storage or in .shipment to the point where they are to be assembled for use.

.My invention is illustrated in the ac companying drawings which form part of 1 this specification and in which ,3 Figure 1, is a plan of part of one of the halves of my shipping package; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section through two su-j perposed halves of my package, the section being taken on line ww Fig. 1; Fig.3, a perspective view of the longitudinal walls of my package; Fig. 4, .a perspective View of the transverse dividing pieces or braces V of thepackage;.,Fig;5,a plan of blank from. which the inclosing boxes are madeyFig, 6, a perspective view'of part of slip case for securing the two parts of the package I together.

Each of the two halves of my package consists essentially oftwo elements, viz: longitudinal partitions 2 and transverse partitions 3 which may, or may not, be inclosed of the blank between the slits 4: is adapted, when these ends are bent up and over, to form inclined ends 6, as shown in Fig. '2, which form sides for the outer ends ofthe' pockets at the ends of the package. 1 .The longitudinal partitions 2 are, formed, preferably, from :a single sheet ofstrawk Specification Letters Patented NQV 10 1 Application in div a zais a.se1 ia no .77o,12e,l f f it'may be bent to .zig-zag form as shown best 1n Fig. 3. At theirtopsthe inclined as at arm the passage of the transverse partitions 3Yand are'perforated,uif desired,

carried by the pockets apices.being in line with the tops of i I the longitudinal 1 partitions.

iiThe lower edges-of the pa or apices,

Fig. 4E, which, when they are passed through the cuts 9 in partitions 2,,interlock with the lower ends of the latter and prevent them orfusage a The ends of the transverse partitions rest;

:- wardlyfbent sides 7 of the sheet oflmaterial the partitions be inclosed in a box'lthesidesy of the sheet Twould restagainstthe sides of the box while their ends would crest against its ends, however, as "I. have before fortheformation of a satisfactory and merneater appearance when thebox is used."

and transversepartitions are-assembled they form a number of pockets each'of a pyramiopposite sides of each pocket, and an object carried by the sides of one pocket cannot ordinarily come into contact with the sides of any other pocket nor can the sides of one another unless thepackage be completely crushed.

the'two parts ofthe package aresuperposed, 'by eight sides of two pockets insuch a manner It will be seenthat when the "longitudinal that it cannot toucheitherthetop orjbottom boa-rd;which is scorednlongitudinally so that i walls of thepartitions :2 'areangularlycut, j

at 10, to form openingsthrouglrwhich the I .they aretV-shape'd' andxcarried bythe angu-'; I lar cuts 9 in the longitudinal partitions their a 1 I I rtitions 3 are furnished with notches or projections 11,"-

a from: collapsingwith any ordinary weightv against. the inner sides of the outer down- I so 1 which forms-the longitudinal partitions. If

stated, theinclosing box is-notlnecessary a y charitable package although it presents a" da'lform, that is to "say the sides of the pockets slope inwardly vand downwardly." For purposes of construction the sides of the cross partitions 3 are narrower than t those'ofthe longitudinal partitions. There is, therefore an open space left upontwo,

pocket come into contact with the sidesof l 0 g The package is primarily intended for carrying eggs each one of which is held, when of the pockets. This is essential for safe carriage of eggs for if they come in contact with the top or bottomof the pockets the slightest blow upon the side of the package at that point Will result in a broken egg but if the eggs be suspended in the pyramidal pockets 'andbe held thereby away, from the sides of the package the latter may be sub jected to very-rough usage Without any' damage being done them. In my constnic tion'the pocket-s adapt themselves to eggs of varying sizes and forms being suiiiciently flexible to holdall sizes of eggs so that they cannot rattle about in them. The two parts of the package being superposed, as shown in Fig. 2, may he slipped intothe rectangular inclosing case 12, Fig. 6, which will hold them securely in place. i

Having thus described my invention I- claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

4 shipping package comprising, in vcombination, a continuous sheet of material bent zlg-zag-to form a serles of V- shap'ed parallel channels,fand a series of separate partitions, each having a V shape, adapted to pass through atright angles to the Walls of said V shaped channels in'such a manner that the upper edges ofsaidchannels and partitions Will be substantially in the same plane, said channels and partitions forming together a series of single Walled pyramidal pockets.

2. :In a shipping package, in combination,

acontinuous sheet of material the ends of Which are bent vertically andwhich is between the ends-bent in a zig-zag to *form a series of V shaped channels, and a series of V shaped transverse partitions passing through the sides of said channels, the ends of said transverse partitions engaging the vent spreading.

inner sides of the vertically bent ends of the continuous sheet.

i. 3. In a shipping package, in combination, a continuous sheet of material the ends of Whichare bent vertically and Which is between said ends bent in a zig-zag to form a series. of V shaped channels, and transverse V shaped} partitions passing through said channels, the ends of said transverse partitions engaging the inner sides of the verti- 5. In a shipping package, in combination, an inclosing box or frame, a continuous sheet of material having vertically bent ends and between said ends being bent in a zigzag' to form a series ofv shaped channels, a

and a series of V shaped transverse partitions passing through the side of said chan nels and abutting the vertically bent ends of the materialiorming said channels, said channels and partitions mutually interlocking and forming one With the other a multiplicity of pyramidal pockets.

JOSEPH FOURESTIER SIMPSON- W'itnesses:

EUGENE C. MGCOLLEY, CHARLES A. BUTTER.

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